Kaleidoscope.



J. C. SCHEUFLBR.

KALEIDOSOOPE.

APPLICATION FILED 00131, 1910.

1,010,808. Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. SCHEUFLER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

KALEIDOSCOIPE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. SoHEurLEn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, have in vented a certain new and useful Kaleidoscope; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to kaleidoscopes, and it may be said to consist of the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts thereof as will appear from the description and claims hereinafter.

Objects of the invention are to provide a kaleidoscope which is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and whereby it is possible to obtain a greater variety of effects than heretofore.

Another object of the invention is to provide an object holder which is provided with a slate or other suitable means providing a surface which may be marked or drawn on by colored crayons or the like and which may be easily cleaned when it is desired to alter or to delete any marks or drawings that may be thereon.

A further object of the invention is to construct and arrange the object holder so that it may be rotated in horizontal or inclined planes and also that it may be moved vertically or in any desired direction in the horizontal or inclined planes.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a detachable border piece. for the opening in the lower cap of the tube.

Other objects and the advantages of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the following description of one form of construction in which the invention may be embodied, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a partially broken side elevation of the construction embodying the invention, Fig. 2 is a partially broken rear view of the same, Fig. 3 is a viewof the lower end cap for the tube, showing the borderpiece detached therefrom. Fig. 4; is a section taken on the line 4% of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view showing the lower end of the object holder stem and the socket for the same.

The stand 2 may comprise the upright Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 31, 1910.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

Serial No. 590,641.

member 3 formed with legs 1, and the mem ber 5 disposed substantially at right angles to the member 3 and providing the legs 6. A bracket 7 comprising the shelf 8 and the brace 9 may be provided on the stand 2, and the shelf 8 may be provided with a comparatively large circular opening 10. As will be apparent, see Figs. 1 and 2, the upright member 3 and bracket 7 may be formed from a stamping of a single piece of sheet metal and, as will be understood, the member 3 may have a slit in the lower part 11 of the web 12 and the member 5 may have a slit in the upper portion 13 thereof whereby the member 3 may be fitted over the member 5. The upper rearwardly inclined portion of the member 3 may be formed by bringing the side portions 14 together and holding them slightly spaced apart by means of rivets 15 and 1G. The tube 17, preferably oval and of increasing dimensions from top to bottom thereof, may have its interior surface blackened and may be provided with a lug 18 having an inclined slit 19, therein whereby the tube may be removably mounted in an inclined position on the stand 2. Mirrors 20 and 21, or other suitable means providing reflecting surfaces, may be angularly disposed to each other on the interior of the tube. The mirrors are preferably of increasing width from top to bottom thereof to extend close to the interior wall of the tube throughout the full length thereof. The mirror 20 may be held stationary by means of inwardly pressed portions 22 and 23 of the tube near the top and bottom of the tube, and the mirror 21 may be moved, to vary the angle between the mirrors, by means of a handle 24 which may pass through an opening 25 in the tube and may be secured to the mirror 21 by means of fastening lugs 26. Over the top end portion of the tube may be fitted a cap 27 provided with a sight aperture 28 which latter may be in the front portion of the cap and in the side thereof which is adjacent to the stationary mirror 20, and over the bottom end portion of the tube may be fitted a cap 29 supporting the mirrors and having a sectoral opening 30 the sides of which are at an angle substantially equal to the greatest angle there may exist between the lower end portions of the mirrors. A borderpiece 31 may be mounted on the cap 29 by means of lugs 32 which may be passed through openings 33 on the cap and the end portions of the lugs then bent over, as will be evident. The borderpiece 31 may have the edge 31 thereof formed irregular in con tour and preferably colored to produce a striking border effect.

The object holder 3% may consist of the disk 35 having an annular rim 36 and carrying a plate 87 or other suitable means providing a surface which may be marked or drawn on by colored crayons or the like and which may be easily cleaned when it is desired to alter or delete any mark or drawing that may be thereon. The object holder may be carried on a stem 38 which may be connected at one end thereof to the central portion of the underside of the objectholder and which may pass through the opening 10 and have its other end adapted to fit freely in a socket 339 in one of the legs 6 of member 5. When the stem 38 is fitted in the socket 39 the objectholder 3 1 is disposed at a small distance above the bracket 7 and it is thus mounted to permit of rotation thereof by a. user of the device. It will be seen that the user of the device may raise the stem 38 out of the socket 39 to permit of the obj ectholder being moved in any direction in a horizontal or in inclined planes in order to get a greater variety of effects in the use of the device or the objectholder may be allowed to rest on the bracket and it may then be moved in any direction in a horizontal plane.

\Vhile one form of construction in which the invention may be embodied has been illustrated and described, there are many changes and modifications that will occur to those skilled in the art, and therefore the right is reserved to all such changes and modifications as do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. In an article of the class specified, the combination of a tube, reflecting surfaces in the tube, an objectholder disposed adjacent to the tube, and means on the objectholder providing a surface adapted to be marked or drawn on by colored crayons or the like and which may be cleaned when it is desired to alter or delete any marks or drawings that may be made thereon, substantially as de scribed.

2. In an article of the class specified, the combination of a stand, a tube carried thereby, mirrors disposed angularly to each other in said tube, a bracket on said stand, said bracket comprising a shelf, provided with a comparatively large opening therethrough, an objectholder adapted to rest on said bracket, and a stem connected to the objectholder and passing through said opening.

3. In an article of the class specified, the combination of a tube, mirrors disposed angularly to each other in said tube, one of said mirrors retained in position by means of inwardly pressed portions of the tube near the top and bottom of the tube and the other of said mirrors having a handle connected thereto for moving the same, a cap fitted over the upper end of the tube and having a sight aperture therein, and a cap fitted over the lower end of the tube, said last cap adapted to support the mirrors and having an opening therethrough.

a. In an article of the class specified, the combination with a tube, of a. cap on the lower end thereof, said cap provided with an opening therethrough, and a borderpiecc mounted on the cap, said cap having an edge thereof formed irregular in contour and colored.

5. In an article of the class specified, the combination of a stand, a tube carried thereby, mirrors disposed angularly to each other in said tube, a bracket on said stand, said bracket provided with an opening therethrough, an objectholder disposed at a small distance above said bracket, and a stem pass ing through said opening, said stem having one end thereof connected with said objectholder and having the other end thereof fitted freely in a socket on the stand, substantially as described.

6. In an article of the class specified, the combination of a stand, a tube carried thereby, reflecting surfaces disposed angularly to each other in said tube, an objectholder adjacent to the tube, a bracket on the stand, said bracket comprising a shelf with a comparatively large opening therethrough, a stem connected with the objectholder and passing through said opening, and means for mounting said stem rotatively and detachably on the stand.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of California,

this Qlth day of October A. D. 1910.

JOHN G. SCHEUFLER.

Witnesses FRED A. MANsFInLn, ALEX. I-I. Lmnnns.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

